Can't believe the guts that must have taken. Absolute legend.

Around 30 years ago in Port Arthur. I think 40 people were killed that day. It triggered our national strict gun laws, although they're continually being watered down since we've been experiencing more gun violence in the last decade.

Relevant Jim Jefferies bit about gun control in the US and Australia

No we'd call it a terrorist attack because the shooters are arab. Have you been paying attention the past 24 years?

Does the lindt hostage situation count?

Awful, just awful :(

Hunting with firearms is not illegal in Australia. They are relatively common in rural areas, they have their use. All you need is someone stealing guns one way or another and then smuggling them to the city. It's not like the police will stop you to rummage through your belongings... unless you drive like an absolute reckless imbecile.

I don't think you can prevent this from happening again. You can definitely take measures to make it more difficult to happen again, ie. police cordoning an area where there is a religious gathering. But there is always a way. You can't control everything. When it's not guns it's a car driving over people or explosives or poisoning or whatever.

You can get semi automatic hunting weapons relatively easily, same as in New Zealand.

The problem is, there's enough people with a legitimate use case of firearms that banning them completely isn't possible.

This is the exact question i asked my spouse when told it was in Australia. I was under the impression that their gun laws are fairly strict?

One of the men was named Naveed Akram, so take of that what you will.

Am thinking this was a bit less Wehrmacht related and a bit more Gaza..

..but yeah.. obligatory fuck NAZIs just so no one misunderstands my point.